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See also: Kübler

Ferdinand Kübler (born July 24th 1919 with Marthalen close to Zurich -) is regarded by the experts as largest Swiss cyclist of all times.

Called “the Insane one pedalling”, “the Man horse”, it was tall with the very tanned dye. It was also called the cow-boy because of his taste for the Stetson hats. It became professional runner in 1940 but its beginnings in the competition had to be limited to Switzerland, because of occupation Nazi in most of Europe. It hung up again in 1957, 38 years old. In 1983, he was elected “the most popular Personality helvète fifty last years”! Graduate skiing instructor. It had become commercial prosperous with its reconversion. There remains oldest of the winners of the still alive Tour de France.

Prize list

Desgrande-Colombo Challenge: 1950,1952,1954 (ancestor of Pernod Super-Prestige) (2nd: 1951)
Nice Edmond Trophy (exploit cyclist of the year): 1950
World champion on road: 1951 (2nd: 1949; 3rd: 1950)
Champion of Switzerland on road: 1948,1949,1950,1951,1954
Champion of Switzerland of continuation: 1940,1941,1943
Champion of Switzerland of mountain: 1941,1942
Champion of Switzerland of cyclo-cross: 1945
Tour de France: 1950 (2nd: 1954) (12 days with the yellow jersey - 1st at the points: 1954)
8 Victories of stage:
1954 :

5th: Caen - St Brieuc
14th: Toulouse - Millau

1950:

6th: Dinard - St Brieuc (CLM)
16th: Chin - Nice
20th: St Etienne - Lyon (CLM)

1949:

5th: Rouen - St Malo

1947:

1st: Paris - Lille
5th: Strasbourg - Besancon

Liege-Bastogne-Liege: 1951,1952
Walloon Arrow: 1951,1952

(Of the Ardennes Weekend: 1951,1952)

Bordeaux-Paris: 1953
Turn of Switzerland: 1942,1948,1951
Turn of Romandie: 1948,1951
Rome-Naple-Rome: 1951
Milan-Turin: 1956
Grand Prix of Switzerland against-the-watch: 1948,1942
Grand Prix of Lugano against-the-watch: 1950
Turn of the Four Cantons: 1948
Turn of Léman: 1952
Turn of Tessin: 1950,1951,1952,1954

Teams

1945: Cilo (Swiss)
1946: Cilo (Swiss)
1947: Cilo (Swiss)
1948: Peugeot - Dunlop (France)
1948: Tebag (Swiss)
1949: Tebag (Swiss)
1949: Peugeot - Dunlop (France)
1949: Bartali (Italy)
1950: Tebag (Swiss)
1950: Frejus (Italy)
1951: Frejus (Italy)
1951: Tebag (Swiss)
1952: Frejus (Italy)
1952: Fiorelli (Italy)
1952: Tebag (Swiss)
1953: The Pearl - Hutchinson (France)
1953: Fiorelli (Italy)
1953: Tebag (Swiss)
1954: The Pearl - Hutchinson (France)
1954: Fiorelli (Italy)
1954: Tebag (Swiss)
1955: The Pearl - Hutchinson (France)
1955: Fiorelli (Italy)
1955: Tebag (Swiss)
1956: Carpano - Coppi (Italy)
1956: Tebag (Swiss)
1957: Tebag (Swiss)

Results on the Tour de France

Tour de France 1947: Abandonment 7th stage and victorious of two stages
Tour de France 1949: Abandonment 18th stage and victorious of a stage
Tour de France 1950: Winner of general classification and three stages
Tour de France 1954: 2nd of general classification, victorious of two stages and the green shirt
Tour de France 1955: Abandonment 12th stage

External bond

'' Vidéo: '' Ferdi Kübler in 1954, lends itself to an interview, a file of the French-speaking Switzerland Télévision

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